{"id":237,"date":"2019-03-29T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:40:45","slug":"our-church-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/our-church-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Church Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Belmont United Methodist Church is led by a church council who meet once every six weeks on Sunday nights to celebrate all that is happening at our church. The council meets to make decisions that moves our church forward in its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The church council meetings are open to all and the meeting dates are posted on the church calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114-1024x672.jpg?resize=640%2C420&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-834\" style=\"width:582px;height:382px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114.jpg?resize=1024%2C672&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114.jpg?resize=300%2C197&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114.jpg?resize=768%2C504&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1114.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n<br><br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>2025 CHURCH COUNCIL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Chairperson<\/strong>: \u00a0Vacant<strong> <\/strong><br><strong>Secretary:<\/strong> \u00a0MaryKaye Cochran<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Required Membership<\/span><br><strong>Chairperson of Church Council:<\/strong> Vacant<br><strong>Lay Leader:<\/strong> Brendan Paget<br><strong>Chairperson of Staff Parish Relations Committee:<\/strong> Marie Coone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Chairperson of Finance Committee: <\/strong>Vacant<br><strong>Church Treasurer:<\/strong> Larry Denison<br><strong>Lay Member to Annual Conference:<\/strong> Wallace McMichael<br><strong>Representative of United Methodist Youth<\/strong>: Vacant<br><strong>Young Adult Representative:<\/strong> Raquan Williams <br><strong>Senior Pastor:<\/strong> Rev. Larry Cochran<br><strong>Assistant Pastor<\/strong>: Rev. Dr. Gwen Andrews<br><strong>Recording Secretary:<\/strong> MaryKaye Cochran<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139-1024x516.jpg?resize=640%2C323&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\" style=\"width:306px;height:154px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139.jpg?resize=1024%2C516&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139.jpg?resize=300%2C151&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139.jpg?resize=768%2C387&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1139.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121-1024x649.jpg?resize=640%2C406&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-836\" style=\"width:267px;height:168px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121.jpg?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121.jpg?resize=768%2C487&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1121.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118-1024x583.jpg?resize=640%2C364&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-835\" style=\"width:267px;height:152px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118.jpg?resize=1024%2C583&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118.jpg?resize=300%2C171&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118.jpg?resize=768%2C437&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BGM_1118.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Other Ministry Representatives<\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Financial Secretary:<\/strong> Diane Hall<br><strong>Assistant Treasurer:<\/strong> Karen LeLay<br><strong>Committee on Membership Care:<\/strong> Joyce McMichael <strong><br>Family Ministries:<\/strong> Sydney Santiago <br><strong>Youth Ministry:<\/strong> Rev. Autumn Merrill<br><strong>Children\u2019s Ministry:<\/strong> Robin Dodson<br><strong>Racial Justice Network:<\/strong> Kay Nicholas, MaryKaye Cochran, Rev. Jim Melson<br><strong>Bus and Van Committee:<\/strong> David Barden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Stewardship Chair: <\/strong>Alethea Aquart<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belmont United Methodist Church is led by a church council who meet once every six weeks on Sunday nights to celebrate all that is happening at our church. The council meets to make decisions that moves our church forward in its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The church council meetings are open to all and the meeting dates are posted on the church calendar. 2025 CHURCH COUNCIL Chairperson: \u00a0Vacant Secretary: \u00a0MaryKaye Cochran…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belmontumcrichmond.org\/bumc2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}